Companies will present their business plans and capital needs to an audience of investors in
in the morning with one-on-one breakout sessions after lunch. A networking dinner hosted
by NCN and sponsors is the night before. Companies in finished products, ingredients and
enabling technology are selected from the following stages:

• Advanced Stage: Revenues of $20-$100 million and looking for capital for major initiatives,
growth, globalization or acquisitions. Investments of $10-50 million.

• Second Round or Later Stage: Companies that have raised structured capital, with revenues
of $5 million+ and looking for growth capital. Investments of $5-20 million.

• First Round: Companies beyond proof of concept with revenues of $1-5 million and raising
outside or professional capital for the first time. Investments of $1-5 million.

• Start-Ups: Companies engaged in proof-of-concept or ‘pre-revenue’, typically bootstrapped
or funded by family and friends and now ready for angel or early-stage venture financing.
Revenues <$1 million and seeking $500,000 to $2 million.